{"id":1783,"date":"2018-01-08T16:26:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukcrimestats.com\/blog\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2018-01-08T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:27:08","slug":"high-growth-in-recorded-violent-crime-over-the-last-few-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukcrimestats.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/08\/high-growth-in-recorded-violent-crime-over-the-last-few-years\/","title":{"rendered":"High growth in recorded violent crime over the last few years"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, the Argus newspaper cited our data showing a marked increase in recorded violent crime across Sussex<\/a>. I just ran a report on our Analysis page<\/a> and actually, Sussex is far from alone, or even anywhere near the top. All Police Forces apart from Northern Ireland have shown an at least 50% increase and up to nearly 4 times increase in reported violent crime between November 2013 and November 2017. The caveats of course need to be emphasised;<\/p>\n

i) crime that was not showing up as reported or recorded may now be much more likely to be so<\/p>\n

ii) Not all “violent” crime is actually violent crime against the person – it includes verbal abuse<\/p>\n

I’d also like to add that whereas Police Forces have undoubtedly come under budgetary pressure in recent years, it would be a mistake to see a unicausal relationship between Police budgets going up or down and the level of crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, the Argus newspaper cited our data showing a marked increase in recorded violent crime across Sussex. I just ran a report on our Analysis page and actually, Sussex is far from alone, or even anywhere near … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t